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The Greatest Sondheim Song
#25The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:15am
A Little Priest
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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#27The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:38am
Greatest? Who am I to say. Favorite? I can make a more confident selection: "Glamorous Life" (ideally as sung by Audra Mac!)
#28The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:43am
Greatest?, I'm not sure. Comedy Tonight is pretty magnificent. The most moving for me is "Not while I'm around"
#29The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:54am
Robbie- that's such a good choice! Is there any part of that song that is NOT a joy to sing? Surely our mutual, music-savvy friend pointed out to you Charlotte's part in the conclusion of the song?
My kneejerk reaction to the question is "No One is Alone." But I think the answer will vary day to day.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#30The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:03am
Kad, what song is a joy to sing? whos robbie?
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#31The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:04am
Kad,
He hasn't pointed it out to me! Now I'm dying to know! Someone once joked that I should do a one-man version of WEEKEND at Sondheim Unplugged. I've given consideration, but damn...it's like climbing Everest.
#32The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:05am
oh i completely missed the first page of this thread!
I like Im Still Here
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#33The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:07am
A Weekend in the Country is too much for me. so much drama. Not even operas are that crazy
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#34The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:25am
Robbie-
Charlotte's part is simply, "Uninvited. Uninvited. We should have stayed in town."
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#35The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:45am
<<< My obvious answer, but also my heartfelt answer.
I am hiding in a tree.
I'm a fragment of the day.
If I weren't, who's to say
Things would happen here the way
That they happened here?
#36The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:47am
I actually thought of you when I saw this thread, Tree2.
Someone in a Tree is a brilliant piece on so many levels.
....but the world goes 'round
#37The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:54am
^ :).
Thanks, Tazber. You and your adorable kittens have always had great taste :).
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#38The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:55am
"Beautiful" – Sunday in the Park With George
re: so much drama. Not even operas are that crazy. This, from Philly "I'm leaving the boards!" pinto.
"Tracy... Hold Mama's waffles."
Updated On: 9/4/15 at 10:55 AM
#39The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:10am
I'm not sure what "greatest" means...most favorite? most effective? most influential? most sophisticated musically or lyrically or both?
But I would have to give the "greatest" title to "All Things Bright and Beautiful," the deleted song from Follies that became the haunting melody we all know from the Follies Prologue. Here it is, on the Paper Mill recording, such by Donna McKechnie and Laurence Guittard:
#40The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:14am
^ I ALMOST went with that. Seriously. But I decided I couldn't in good conscience give it to a cut song (hence my leaving Uptown/Downtown out of consideration even though it's contains what may well be my favorite Sondheim lyric.)
#41The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:17am
Ha! Uptown/Downtown was also one of my choices at first too.
I also decided not to go with a trunk song though.
It's a brilliant song.
....but the world goes 'round
Updated On: 9/3/15 at 11:17 AM
#43The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:32am
Someone recently tried to tell me that my new club act should be only cut songs from FOLLIES.
My Foxtrot would be definitive.
#44The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:34am
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE has meant more to me that any other SONDHEIM...
#45The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:37am
Move On. It's one of those rare songs that can reduce me to tears every time I hear it, no matter the setting. Just the other day I was on the subway when it came on my ipod and Jenna Russell had me hiding my tears from the other riders. It's allergies, I swear!
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
#46The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:42amRobbie, who would you sing Pleasant Little Kingdom with? Molly Pope?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#47The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:44am
Robbie what is your act? who are you?
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#48The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:45am
Oh, but yes, Kad. And then our COUNTRY HOUSE will be...extreme.
#49The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:47pm
^ Finally, that musical version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? we've all been waiting for!
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